3 arrested in Upstate NY with bombs, plot to attack Muslims: report

Three men in Upstate New York have been arrested and charged in an alleged plan to attack the Islamic community.

WHAM-TV reports Greece Police announced Tuesday that it has arrested Vincent Vetromile, 19, Andrew Crysel, 18, and Brian Colaneri, 20, over the weekend. All three residents of Greece, N.Y., near Rochester, were charged with three counts of first-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of fourth-degree conspiracy.

Court documents say the suspects are accused of a conspiracy to use improvised explosive devices in a plot targeting Muslims near Binghamton. Multiple IEDs in medium to large-sized cylinders and mason jars wrapped in duct tape were found; police said the bombs were intended to be used on “persons and property" in the Delaware County hamlet of Islamberg, near the Pennsylvania border.

WHAM reports Vetromile, Crysel and Colaneri are being held in the Monroe County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond. Mugshots have not been released.

The suspects are scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning.

Here’s what we know about the Hamlet of Islamberg. This is a Muslim community outside Binghamton. According to court documents, police say this was the target of the three men arrested last week. @13WHAM

Vetromile, Crysel and Colaneri are each charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon (3 counts) and Criminal Conspiracy. Vetromile and Crysel were in the same scout troop together and attained the rank of Eagle Scout according to a newsletter posted online in 2017.